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New comment by sdfghswe in "Segal's Law"

sdfghswe — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:10:04 +0000

This is also the reason why I avoid using analogies when making an argument. Usually, instead of talking about the argument itself we end up discussing under what circumstances the analogy works and when it doesn't.

New comment by sdfghswe in "Ask HN: Getting old and boring – What can I do about it?"

sdfghswe — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 22:04:13 +0000

What are you reading at the moment?

New comment by sdfghswe in "Outline: Self hostable, realtime, Markdown compatible knowledge base"

sdfghswe — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 20:30:23 +0000

> When I was a younger developer I thought tooling solved all problems. As I grew more experience I slowly changed my mind that some problem spaces require not only tooling but process change.

Lets take it one step further.

You start out thinking everything is tooling. As you grow more experienced you realize that everything is process. As you grow more experienced still, you realize that the world is really messy and rarely ever anything is everything.

New comment by sdfghswe in "Musk Demands Bigger Stake in Tesla as Price for A.I. Work"

sdfghswe — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:05:10 +0000

You mean those fleets that Musk claimed would have a 100% yield?

New comment by sdfghswe in "Musk Demands Bigger Stake in Tesla as Price for A.I. Work"

sdfghswe — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:04:10 +0000

If they fire him, that will tank the value of the snake oil.

New comment by sdfghswe in ""Et Tu, Ilya?""

sdfghswe — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 17:30:15 +0000

He posted an apology because he failed. If he had succeeded we would've said "it was very difficult but it was the right thing to do"

New comment by sdfghswe in ""Et Tu, Ilya?""

sdfghswe — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 17:10:44 +0000

HN loves telling everyone how HN is just for high quality content...

... unless people from SV are involved, in which case HN is flooded with gossip and drama.

New comment by sdfghswe in "I deeply regret my participation in the board's actions"

sdfghswe — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:43:18 +0000

Isn't ego the enemy of growth or whatever? Projection...

New comment by sdfghswe in "I deeply regret my participation in the board's actions"

sdfghswe — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:34:07 +0000

I would event go as far as say that the main reason behind the tweet is not to show regret, but to plant the idea that he didn't orchestrate but only participate.

New comment by sdfghswe in "London Is Building Its Own Vegas Sphere"

sdfghswe — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:15:20 +0000

Pay me tickets to watch my ads. I want a business like that.

New comment by sdfghswe in "London Is Building Its Own Vegas Sphere"

sdfghswe — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:08:02 +0000

How is it even supposed to make money, now that you mention it?

New comment by sdfghswe in "Carvana Stock, CarMax Sink as Amazon Enters Online Car Sales"

sdfghswe — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 19:38:46 +0000

Whole foods

New comment by sdfghswe in "In two moves, AlphaGo and Lee Sedol redefined the future (2016)"

sdfghswe — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 18:27:51 +0000

In that phrase when I said "you" I didn't mean the person I was responding to. I mean the "general you" - a hypothetical person. I didn't occur to me it could be interpreted differently. I've edited it.

New comment by sdfghswe in "In two moves, AlphaGo and Lee Sedol redefined the future (2016)"

sdfghswe — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 18:21:02 +0000

> tekla 10 minutes ago https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tekla

> Only on HN will you see a recounting of a massive achievement of humankind dismissed offhandedly like this.

I'm not dismissing an achievement of humankind. I'm dismissing the PR piece they put out about it.

Do you struggle to see the distinction?

New comment by sdfghswe in "In two moves, AlphaGo and Lee Sedol redefined the future (2016)"

sdfghswe — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 18:02:26 +0000

I found it very not worth watching. It seemed just Deepmind PR. Very little substance, it was just soap opera grade material.

If a person likes soap operas, they could enjoy the movie.

New comment by sdfghswe in "Push ifs up and fors down"

sdfghswe — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 16:05:22 +0000

I work in a domain where performance is very important, and I'm surprised that such a simple heuristic can be so good.

New comment by sdfghswe in "US business elite welcomes Xi Jinping with standing ovation"

sdfghswe — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 15:48:41 +0000

> Him and his colleague Charles Munger fawn over China exactly as the grandparent post said

I've noticed the same thing. At least since the BYD investment they do.

And it's not just not criticizing, some times they actually praise him. For example, I remember an interview where Charlie Munger was asked what he thought about bitcoin (he hates it) and he went out of his way to say that Xi Jinping was much smarter than American leadership in banning it.

Now I agree it should be banned, but could he not have made such point without bringing Xi Jinping into it? It was really weird.

New comment by sdfghswe in "Firefox Is Going to Try and Ship with Wayland Enabled by Default"

sdfghswe — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 18:24:29 +0000

That was amazing, thank you.

New comment by sdfghswe in "Confessions of a Startup Founder's Wife"

sdfghswe — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 21:38:05 +0000

> When I get tripped up on jargon such as "transformer" or "smart contracts" or anything Marc Andreessen blogs, Kyle is my Google Translate for tech speak.

These people are hype merchants.

New comment by sdfghswe in "Firefox Is Going to Try and Ship with Wayland Enabled by Default"

sdfghswe — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 21:17:56 +0000

ELI5 please?